HOW ELECTRONICS INTERFERE WITH AVALANCHE TRANSCEIVERS

[LeeLau]

http://www.tetongravity.com/blogs/Ho...rs-6497429.htm

[Shadam]

I'll reread htis in the morning with a coffee in my hand and not a beer = clarity ... maybe

[NatEE]

I think my educated guess on interference from stuff a couple days ago was "a foot or two" of distance and you'd be fine. Nice to know there's at least some possibility I know what I'm talking about...

[Hugh Conway]

That's great and all but a bunch of glorified ski bums ain't ever going to put together

Clearly, more study is needed to be able to provide full conclusive data regarding different brands and products that represent the most risk for users.

Electronics interference is difficult.

[butterscotch]

That's great and all but a bunch of glorified ski bums ain't ever going to put together

Electronics interference is difficult.

spectrum management....how does it work?

[Hugh Conway]

spectrum management....how does it work?

what the fuck does that have to do with RF interference from boards and other shit? all those years as an "optical engineer" and you haven't picked up that RF stuff is weird and those guys make good money? eesh, just saying waving some things in front of each other isn't really "complete" particularly with the rather wide band of acceptable devices. look at the problems other, much larger, device mfgs have.

[butterscotch]

wasn't a shot at you, it was a comment on the dirt bag skiers who do not seem to understand even that basic concept.

totally agree their work was incomplete. and i totally agree that RF stuff can be complete voodoo (antenna design comes to mind).

[Hugh Conway]

Ah. Sorry for the spleen then

[PNWbrit]

Preface read the linked article first before commenting.

Seriously I get the 17" or arm's length on the searcher will hopefully remove the GOPRO, Iphone, Ipod interference. Thinking that turning off the Iphone - gopro or gps may be the last thing that crosses your mind when under stress of a beacon search.

Has there been a study on the victim's beacon and whether a electronic device on the victum could possibly screw with his/her transmission also? that would be tragic indeed.

CAT

read the article?

"Ultimately, Barkhausen found that none of these electronic devices produced negative impacts on a transmitting beacon. That was big news,"

[F#*k you cat]

Reread the article and quickly deleted my post. thanks for preserving my reading comprehension skillz or lack there of

[icelanticskier]

why anyone needs to carry anything more than a turned off phone and a beeping beacon in the bc is beyond me.

rog

[PNWbrit]

why anyone needs to carry anything more than a turned off phone and a beeping beacon in the bc is beyond me.

rog

Article also mentions GPS, radios, cameras... it's beyond me you wouldn't have read that.

[icelanticskier]

Article also mentions GPS, radios, cameras... it's beyond me you wouldn't have read that.

link didn't work. been drinking and had to say something that i feel strongly about, you dig?

great electronics story: was out skiing with our very own jonathan s. and another buddy. we are leaving our skiing destination to get back to the car. the viz is pretty bad and jonathan had his gps out and told us we'd find it cuz he was following coordinates or some shit. well, we were clearly going the wrong way and i told him that and he says, "no, the gps says it's that way". i said, " jonathan, see that thing flashing through the fog? it's your windshield"

fucking priceless.

rog

[The Suit]

I did a modest amount of experimentation a few years ago and found that at close range, something completely passive (a small plate of sheet steel) had pretty much the same affect on a Pieps DSP as any of the active devices I tried out.

I try to keep hunks of metal away from my beacon, whether they are radiating or not.

[bodywhomper]

I did a modest amount of experimentation a few years ago and found that at close range, something completely passive (a small plate of sheet steel) had pretty much the same affect on a Pieps DSP as any of the active devices I tried out.

I try to keep hunks of metal away from my beacon, whether they are radiating or not.

so those with balls of steel may have a problem?

[Chugachjed]

so those with balls of steel may have a problem?

Guess I better not put my beacon in my pants pocket.

[PNWbrit]

link didn't work. been drinking and had to say something that i feel strongly about, you dig?

great electronics story: was out skiing with our very own jonathan s. and another buddy. we are leaving our skiing destination to get back to the car. the viz is pretty bad and jonathan had his gps out and told us we'd find it cuz he was following coordinates or some shit. well, we were clearly going the wrong way and i told him that and he says, "no, the gps says it's that way". i said, " jonathan, see that thing flashing through the fog? it's your windshield"

fucking priceless.

rog

His windshield flashes? Where'd he get one of them? Does it interfere with his beacon?

[userA]

a homing device that is priceless still can't be purchased here brit.

[icelanticskier]

His windshield flashes? Where'd he get one of them? Does it interfere with his beacon?

nah, the sun was shining through the fog and hit the windshield.

rog

[PNWbrit]

nah, the sun was shining through the fog and hit the windshield.

I see. Anyway glad to hear Jonathan was beeping in the parking lot.